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The American sitcom Friends was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman, and produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television Studios for NBC. The series began with the pilot episode, which was broadcast on September 22, 1994; the series finished its ten-season run with the series finale on May 6, 2004, with 236 episodes. On average, the episodes are 22–23 minutes long, for a 30-minute time slot including commercial breaks.

The series narrative follows six friends living and working in New York City: Rachel Green, Monica Geller, Phoebe Buffay, Joey Tribbiani, Chandler Bing, and Ross Geller played by Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer respectively. All episodes were filmed at Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank in front of a live studio audience, except the fourth season finale, "The One with Ross's Wedding", that was filmed on location in London in front of a British studio audience.^[1]

In addition to the episodes, three specials were produced. In Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen, broadcast following "The One with Joey's New Brain" on February 15, 2001, Conan O'Brien hosted a light-hearted discussion with the main cast on the Central Perk set – the fictional coffee house which featured prominently in the series. The special introduced outtakes from past episodes. The two-part retrospective special The One with All the Other Ones was broadcast before the one-hour series finale "The Last One" on May 6, 2004, and features clips from past episodes and interviews with the cast. All episodes have been released on VHS, DVD, Blu-ray, 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray,^[2] Netflix, and Max.

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally released			Rank	Rating	Viewers (millions)
Season	Episodes		First released	Last released	Network	Rank	Rating	Viewers (millions)
1	24		September 22, 1994 (1994-09-22)	May 18, 1995 (1995-05-18)	NBC	8^[3]	15.6	24.8
2	24		September 21, 1995 (1995-09-21)	May 16, 1996 (1996-05-16)		3^[4]	18.7	31.7
3	25		September 19, 1996 (1996-09-19)	May 15, 1997 (1997-05-15)		4^[5]	16.8	26.1
4	24		September 25, 1997 (1997-09-25)	May 7, 1998 (1998-05-07)		4^[6]	16.1	25.0
5	24		September 24, 1998 (1998-09-24)	May 20, 1999 (1999-05-20)		2^[7]	15.7	24.7
6	25		September 23, 1999 (1999-09-23)	May 18, 2000 (2000-05-18)		5^[8]	14.0	22.6
7	24		October 12, 2000 (2000-10-12)	May 17, 2001 (2001-05-17)		5^[9]	12.6	22.1
8	24		September 27, 2001 (2001-09-27)	May 16, 2002 (2002-05-16)		1^[10]	15.0	26.4
9	24		September 26, 2002 (2002-09-26)	May 15, 2003 (2003-05-15)		2^[11]	13.5	23.9
10	18		September 25, 2003 (2003-09-25)	May 6, 2004 (2004-05-06)		5^[12]	13.6	24.6
The Reunion			May 27, 2021 (2021-05-27)		HBO Max	—	—	—

Episodes

Season 1 (1994–95)

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Season 2 (1995–96)

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Season 3 (1996–97)

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Season 4 (1997–98)

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Season 5 (1998–99)

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Season 6 (1999–2000)

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Season 7 (2000–01)

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Special No.	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers millions	Rating/share (18–49)
S01	"Friends: The Stuff You've Never Seen"	February 15, 2001 (2001-02-15)	22.50^[13]	11.6/27^[14]

Season 8 (2001–02)

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Season 9 (2002–03)

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Season 10 (2003–04)

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Special No.	Title	Original air date	U.S. viewers millions	Rating/share (18–49)
S02	"The One with All the Other Ones" "The One Before the Last One"	May 6, 2004 (2004-05-06)	36.89^[15]	16.7/44^[16]
S03		May 6, 2004 (2004-05-06)	36.89^[15]	16.7/44^[16]

^† denotes a "super-sized" 40-minute episode (with advertisements; actual runtime around 28 minutes).

Friends: The Reunion (2021)

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Ratings

The large spike in season 2 is for the double episode "The One After the Superbowl" which aired after Super Bowl XXX.^[17]

Friends : U.S. viewers per episode (millions)

Season		Episode number
Season		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
	1	21.5	20.2	19.5	19.7	18.6	18.2	23.5	21.1	23.1	19.9	26.6	24.0	25.8	23.8	24.8	26.1	30.5	30.4	29.4	30.0	28.4	29.9	28.7	31.3	–
	2	32.1	29.8	30.2	28.1	28.3	30.2	30.5	32.9	27.8	32.2	31.6	52.9	52.9	33.6	32.9	31.1	30.2	30.1	31.2	27.4	24.7	25.5	26.1	29.0	–
	3	26.76	26.73	25.23	26.10	23.25	23.27	27.36	28.69	29.28	25.10	29.80	29.61	28.03	28.91	27.25	28.26	25.84	28.07	23.65	24.36	23.22	22.63	24.17	23.07	23.39
	4	29.43	25.54	23.98	24.31	24.35	25.68	26.35	26.76	23.89	23.22	23.66	27.14	25.27	25.08	24.44	23.13	23.22	21.72	21.76	21.94	21.51	23.15	31.61	31.61	–
	5	31.12	25.36	26.82	24.09	25.87	24.99	24.44	23.92	23.03	23.67	27.02	24.82	24.92	27.70	29.31	26.02	24.48	21.88	20.85	19.63	20.92	21.28	25.90	25.90	–
	6	27.74	22.95	21.60	21.07	22.39	23.59	22.75	22.14	19.17	22.43	22.26	22.33	24.14	23.82	25.89	25.89	22.21	20.52	21.46	18.81	20.63	20.01	20.87	30.73	30.73
	7	25.54	27.93	22.72	22.66	24.43	22.01	23.73	16.57	21.08	23.26	24.37	22.86	22.24	22.40	21.75	21.22	20.84	17.81	16.55	16.30	15.65	17.23	30.05	30.05	–
	8	31.70	30.04	29.20	25.58	25.64	26.96	24.24	26.54	24.24	22.44	23.85	25.53	29.24	28.64	28.64	27.52	26.30	22.05	22.59	22.24	23.97	24.32	34.91	34.91	–
	9	34.01	28.93	26.63	25.81	24.46	27.51	25.35	26.76	25.43	22.29	23.67	23.66	25.82	23.37	20.85	19.52	21.00	20.79	18.24	20.71	19.03	19.55	25.46	25.46	–
	10	24.54	22.37	21.87	18.77	19.37	20.38	20.21	20.66	25.49	26.68	24.91	25.90	24.27	22.83	22.64	24.51	52.46	52.46	–

Audience measurement performed by Nielsen Media Research^[a]

Notes

^ The viewership statistics in the graph and table are sourced from the citations in the season-specific tables above.

References

^ "Company Focus: Fountain Studios". The Production Guide. Archived from the original on 22 May 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
^ Friends: The Complete Series 4K Blu-ray. Retrieved 2024-05-30 – via www.blu-ray.com.
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^ "TV Ratings 2000-2001". fbibler.chez.com.
^ "USATODAY.com - How did your favorite show rate?". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
^ Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (2007). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows 1946–Present (Ninth ed.). Ballantine Books. p. 1696. ISBN 978-0-345-49773-4.
^ "ABC Medianet". September 30, 2007. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved January 17, 2021.
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^ Richmond, Ray (1996-01-30). "Super Bowl Breaks Viewer Records". Press-Telegram. p. B10.

General

Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, David Schwimmer (actors), David Crane, Marta Kauffman (writers) (28 September 2009). Friends – Season 1–10 Complete Collection (15th Anniversary) (DVD). Warner Home Video. ASIN B002CYIR0M.

Further reading

Moses, Robert P. (1997). "1996–97". The 1998 A & E Entertainment Almanac. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 039588277X.
Sangster, Jim; Bailey, David (2000). Friends Like Us: The Unofficial Guide to Friends (Second ed.). London: Virgin Publishing. ISBN 0753504391.

External links

Friends at IMDb
Friends at epguides.com

v t e Friends
Seasons	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Characters	Chandler Bing Phoebe Buffay Monica Geller Ross Geller Rachel Green Joey Tribbiani
Music	"I'll Be There for You" "Smelly Cat"
Related shows	Joey Friends: The Reunion
Other	Awards and nominations The One with All the Trivia The Friends Experience The Rachel
Category WikiProject

v t e Friends episodes
Season 1	"The Pilot" "The One with the Sonogram at the End" "The One with the Thumb" "The One with George Stephanopoulos" "The One with the Blackout" "The One with the Monkey" "The One Where the Monkey Gets Away" "The One with the Fake Monica" "The One Where Rachel Finds Out"
Season 2	"The One with Ross's New Girlfriend" "The One with Russ" "The One with the Lesbian Wedding" "The One After the Superbowl" "The One with the Prom Video" "The One Where Dr. Ramoray Dies" "The One with Barry and Mindy's Wedding"
Season 3	"The One with the Princess Leia Fantasy" "The One Where No One's Ready" "The One with the Flashback" "The One with the Football" "The One with the Morning After" "The One at the Beach"
Season 4	"The One with the Jellyfish" "The One with the Cat" "The One with the Embryos" "The One with Ross's Wedding"
Season 5	"The One After Ross Says Rachel" "The One Hundredth" "The One with All the Thanksgivings" "The One Where Everybody Finds Out" "The One with the Girl Who Hits Joey" "The One with the Cop" "The One Where Rachel Smokes" "The One Where Ross Can't Flirt" "The One with the Ride-Along" "The One with Joey's Big Break" "The One in Vegas"
Season 6	"The One After Vegas" "The One Where Ross Got High" "The One with the Apothecary Table" "The One with Unagi" "The One with the Proposal"
Season 7	"The One with Monica's Thunder" "The One with All the Candy" "The One with All the Cheesecakes" "The One Where They're Up All Night" "The One with Ross and Monica's Cousin" "The One with Monica and Chandler's Wedding"
Season 8	"The One After 'I Do'" "The One with Rachel's Date" "The One with the Halloween Party" "The One with the Rumor" "The One Where Rachel Has a Baby"
Season 9	"The One Where No One Proposes" "The One with Ross's Inappropriate Song" "The One with Rachel's Other Sister" "The One in Barbados"
Season 10	"The One After Joey and Rachel Kiss" "The One Where Ross Is Fine" "The One with Ross's Tan" "The One with the Birth Mother" "The One with Phoebe's Wedding" "The Last One"
Specials	Friends: The Reunion

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